Question 1

Is BSmeter an Aos Fatos alternative?

Accepted Answer

Honestly, no — they solve different problems. Aos Fatos is an IFCN-certified newsroom whose journalists report and publish fact-checks with bylines, a corrections policy, and accountability behind them. BSmeter is a tool: you point it at a link and it scores the claims automatically. If you want a definitive, human-verified ruling on a Brazilian political claim, Aos Fatos is the better source and BSmeter is no substitute. If you want a video checked in the next two minutes and no newsroom has covered it, that's BSmeter. Most people are best served using both.

Question 2

Can Aos Fatos fact-check a YouTube or TikTok video I send it?

Accepted Answer

Aos Fatos does publish fact-checks on viral videos, and its Fátima chatbot on WhatsApp and Telegram answers questions using generative AI over its archive of published fact-checks. But coverage is editorially chosen — you can't reliably submit any arbitrary link and get a verdict on that specific video. Separately, its Escriba app will transcribe a YouTube or TikTok link for you, though transcription isn't verification. BSmeter is built for the arbitrary-link case: paste it, and every verifiable claim comes back scored with sources.

Question 3

Does BSmeter work on Brazilian or Portuguese-language content?

Accepted Answer

BSmeter transcribes and checks video across languages and any topic, so it will run on Portuguese-language content. But be clear-eyed about the limits: it has no Brazil desk, no local sourcing, and no institutional knowledge of Brazilian disinformation networks. For political nuance and local context in Brazil, Aos Fatos's reporting — and the Portuguese-language monitoring behind Radar and Fátima — is the stronger source. Use BSmeter for a fast structural read on a clip, and Aos Fatos for the authoritative call.